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craft under the tutelage of the
dragon knights and the huntsman whenever Braedon visited with Asha. Clare had
lost all of her baby softness and instead seemed honed down and supple strong.
And sometime in the last little while, Melly realized her baby sister had left
behind her childhood things and stood beside them a woman. It gave Melly a
pang when she realized she had missed some defining moment in Clare’s life.
“Graedon is too clever to
attack General Fire-Eater directly.” Clare added, smiling at her sister. “He
knows he has no chance against the general of the dragon knights.”
Melly sighed. “It isn’t
Solan I worry about, not this time. It’s everyone else.” Especially Riva
and Furee ,she thought but didn’t say it out loud. It would do her
sisters no good to worry with her when there was nothing they could do but wait
and see how this would play out. She turned and smiled at her sisters, trying
to inject cheer into the tense atmosphere for her sisters’ sake. “The dragon
knights have proven themselves honorable and brave. I would hate to see any of
them harmed.”
Clare scoffed openly,
nudging her sister with her shoulder. “Harm the dragon knights? It would take
more than one evil old dragon to take them on.”
Melly might have taken
comfort from that but she was wind talked. She knew there was danger coming,
and while Clare was looking at her, she had a good view of Eben Kinkaid and
Ladon. She saw the grim looks they exchanged. Dragons were long lived, but
they were not immortal. And evil had killed good men before. She caught
Morgan looking at her mates, and then saw her eyes when she turned back to
them, before she could mask the worry there. Melly let it go, turning back and
trying to smile at her sister and Rhune who pressed closer looking from sister
to sister.
Melly brushed too long
hair out of his face and smiled at him. “Solan will protect his knights.” Her
words turned teasing. “All he asked is that we stay out of trouble while he’s
gone.”
She watched Rhune’s
tension drop from his shoulders when Clare laughed.
“He does know Rhune is
here, right?” Clare teased, ruffling her brother’s hair despite the belligerent
look he flashed her. “Trouble is his specialty.”
Melly listened to the
good-natured arguing that commenced with a smile. She did her best to hide her
worry, but she would not be able to relax until Solan returned and Furee and
Riva were alright. She felt a light wind flirt about her skirts and whisper
across her thoughts. This time her smile was real. With a thought, she sent
the wind out after her mate, and slowly her smile disappeared again. Now all
she could do was wait for its return and word of her
friends’ fate.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Riva felt the blast of
heat even before the sounds of the explosion reached her ears. For a moment,
shock held her immobile, but the dragon knight acted quickly, pushing her back
to the wall and surrounding her on all sides. Each grim-faced warrior had
drawn their weapons out in use and acted from one blink to the next.
They were overrun so fast
it took Riva a moment to make sense of what she was seeing. The wrongness of
the beasts that poured in through the door was enough to have her stomach
roiling. There was nothing natural about what attacked. Twisted creatures
with horns and fangs and extra eyes, or in some cases, no eyes at all. Great
claws on each hand and foot. They looked to have been taken from every viscous
beast in the wild and melded together into a hodge-podge of evil.
Adair, Aarion, and Balin
waded in with swords that moved so fast they appeared to be flashes of light.
Hacked monster parts flew around them. Riva could do nothing but huddle behind
Furee as the creatures died in droves. The smoke from the fires drifted in
around them, and Riva pulled a part of her tunic up and over her mouth so she
could breathe. She was on the
dragon knights and the huntsman whenever Braedon visited with Asha. Clare had
lost all of her baby softness and instead seemed honed down and supple strong.
And sometime in the last little while, Melly realized her baby sister had left
behind her childhood things and stood beside them a woman. It gave Melly a
pang when she realized she had missed some defining moment in Clare’s life.
“Graedon is too clever to
attack General Fire-Eater directly.” Clare added, smiling at her sister. “He
knows he has no chance against the general of the dragon knights.”
Melly sighed. “It isn’t
Solan I worry about, not this time. It’s everyone else.” Especially Riva
and Furee ,she thought but didn’t say it out loud. It would do her
sisters no good to worry with her when there was nothing they could do but wait
and see how this would play out. She turned and smiled at her sisters, trying
to inject cheer into the tense atmosphere for her sisters’ sake. “The dragon
knights have proven themselves honorable and brave. I would hate to see any of
them harmed.”
Clare scoffed openly,
nudging her sister with her shoulder. “Harm the dragon knights? It would take
more than one evil old dragon to take them on.”
Melly might have taken
comfort from that but she was wind talked. She knew there was danger coming,
and while Clare was looking at her, she had a good view of Eben Kinkaid and
Ladon. She saw the grim looks they exchanged. Dragons were long lived, but
they were not immortal. And evil had killed good men before. She caught
Morgan looking at her mates, and then saw her eyes when she turned back to
them, before she could mask the worry there. Melly let it go, turning back and
trying to smile at her sister and Rhune who pressed closer looking from sister
to sister.
Melly brushed too long
hair out of his face and smiled at him. “Solan will protect his knights.” Her
words turned teasing. “All he asked is that we stay out of trouble while he’s
gone.”
She watched Rhune’s
tension drop from his shoulders when Clare laughed.
“He does know Rhune is
here, right?” Clare teased, ruffling her brother’s hair despite the belligerent
look he flashed her. “Trouble is his specialty.”
Melly listened to the
good-natured arguing that commenced with a smile. She did her best to hide her
worry, but she would not be able to relax until Solan returned and Furee and
Riva were alright. She felt a light wind flirt about her skirts and whisper
across her thoughts. This time her smile was real. With a thought, she sent
the wind out after her mate, and slowly her smile disappeared again. Now all
she could do was wait for its return and word of her
friends’ fate.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Riva felt the blast of
heat even before the sounds of the explosion reached her ears. For a moment,
shock held her immobile, but the dragon knight acted quickly, pushing her back
to the wall and surrounding her on all sides. Each grim-faced warrior had
drawn their weapons out in use and acted from one blink to the next.
They were overrun so fast
it took Riva a moment to make sense of what she was seeing. The wrongness of
the beasts that poured in through the door was enough to have her stomach
roiling. There was nothing natural about what attacked. Twisted creatures
with horns and fangs and extra eyes, or in some cases, no eyes at all. Great
claws on each hand and foot. They looked to have been taken from every viscous
beast in the wild and melded together into a hodge-podge of evil.
Adair, Aarion, and Balin
waded in with swords that moved so fast they appeared to be flashes of light.
Hacked monster parts flew around them. Riva could do nothing but huddle behind
Furee as the creatures died in droves. The smoke from the fires drifted in
around them, and Riva pulled a part of her tunic up and over her mouth so she
could breathe. She was on the
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